4 Soars Above & Beyond
3 Meets Requirements
2 Lacking
1 Are You Serious?
Project Overview
Summary of What You Did
Gives a thorough, well-written description explaining the service project—who, what, when, where, how.
Describes project. Is not as detailed or well-written as the “4.”
Gives a sketchy description of project. Leaves readers confused and/or wanting more info.
Omits summary of project, or summary makes no sense.
Project Artifacts
Evidence
Gives ample evidence of different genres to SHOW readers your project—pictures, receipts, thank you letters, documents, etc.
Gives some evidence of different genres to SHOW readers your project—pictures, receipts, thank you letters, documents, etc.
Gives very little or only one genre of evidence, to SHOW readers your project.
Omits evidence completely.
Description
Includes detailed, well-written caption for each artifact, describing what it is.
Includes detailed, caption for most artifacts, describing what it is.
Includes caption for some artifacts, describing what it is.
Omits captions, or captions make no sense.
Project Motivation
Why You Chose Project
Provides well-written explanation of why you chose the project.
Explains why you chose project. Is not as well-written as the “4.”
Gives a sketchy explanation of why you chose the project. Leaves readers confused and/or wanting more info.
Omits explanation of why you chose the project, or explanation makes no sense.
Project Reflection
Impact on Others
Includes a well-written reflection of how the project impacted others.
Reflects on how the project impacted others. Not as well-written as the “4.”
Gives a sketchy reflection of the impact on others Leaves readers confused and/or wanting more info.
Omits reflection, or reflection makes no sense.
Impact on You
Is thought-provoking and shows genuine consideration of how the project impacted you personally.
Reflection shows genuine consideration of how the project impacted you personally. Less thought-provoking than the “4.”
Reflection gives some consideration of how the project impacted you personally.
Omits reflection, or reflection makes no sense.
Moral Obligation?
Provides insightful commentary on whether you think it’s a moral obligation to practice philanthropy.
Provides commentary on whether you think it’s a moral obligation to practice philanthropy. Less insightful than the “4.”
Provides a weak commentary on whether you think it’s a moral obligation to practice philanthropy.
Omits reflection, or reflection makes no sense.
Organization

Organizes info in a way that makes sense, is visually appealing, and makes the best use of the project board format.
Organizes info in a way that makes sense, is visually appealing, and makes the best use of the project board format.
Info is hard to read and understand, board has lots of blank space, not very appealing to the eye.
Not organized, not appealing to the eye, format makes no sense.
GUM
Grammar, Usage, Mechanics
Have strong control of GUM (grammar, usage, mechanics). Very few, if any, errors. None of these errors hinder understanding.
Have control of GUM ,but does have a few errors. Some of these errors hinder understanding.
Shows some difficulty with GUM. Writing has many errors that hinder understanding.
Writing needs extensive editing. Multiple errors that make the piece difficult to read.